Under a $200 million
contract with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of the Republic of
Guinea, Kallo has agreed to implement a variety of its healthcare delivery
solutions, including MobileCare, which are effectively mobile clinics on a
truck that are fully equipped with the latest medical devices, congruent
information systems technologies, with a satellite and radio-frequency
communications infrastructure to connect to Telehealth centers for determining
complex diagnosis. The company will also implement its RuralCare pre-fabricated
modulated healthcare delivery systems, which range in size from 1,200 to 3,800
square feet and can be implemented in as short as a week.
Just to the
southwest of Guinea and also in West Africa is the Republic of Sierra Leone.
This past June 13, 2014, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of the Republic
of Sierra Leone through Permanent Secretary Mr. Sadiq Kapuwa has extended an
invitation for Kallo to visit Sierra Leone between August and September 2014 to
meet with senior technical officials of the Ministry to further discuss Kallo’s
proposal and enhance management decision to move forward with the Kallo
MobileCare initiative.
Simultaneously, the
deadliest outbreak of Ebola virus in the history of the world is occurring
right now hitting Guinea and Sierra Leone as well as the neighboring country
Liberia, so one can see why these health ministries are reaching out for new
solutions to treat people. Just a matter of months ago, Guinea announced that
the Ebola outbreak was pretty much contained. Unfortunately, the situation got
worse as the disease has now killed an estimated 367 since this winter and
infected 600. On June 23, the group Doctors Without Borders sent out a distress
call, and stated it was overwhelmed and that the epidemic was completely out of
control, and that it couldn’t send workers to new outbreak sites without
getting more resources.
There are five known
species of Ebola virus. This particular virus is the strain Zaire Ebola virus,
which is considered the most deadly and kills 79% of those infected. The
disease starts off with flu-like symptoms and often ends with horrific
hemorrhaging. In later stages of the disease, some people bleed from the eyes,
nose, ears, mouth, and rectum. What actually kills people is shock from
multiple organ failure, including problems with the liver, kidneys, and central
nervous system. Symptoms come on abruptly after an incubation period of 2 to 21
days. And people generally die between day 6 and 16 of the illness. People can
be treated for the symptoms and usually given intravenous fluids for
dehydration, and some of those treated can survive.
There is no cure for
the disease although the National Institute of Health (NIH) has set aside a
budget of $50 million for drug research. Some scientists are also working on
possible vaccines. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an
11-nation emergency meeting to be held on July 2-3 in Accra, Ghana to discuss
how best to tackle the current crisis.
Doctors Without
Borders has made it quite clear that they need additional medical staff with
training in how to treat Ebola. Although it is unknown whether Kallo will play
any direct role regarding this current crisis, it has awakened these countries
in the realization that they need to rapidly build and improve their healthcare
infrastructure, and Kallo offers strong solutions to help fulfill that purpose.
For more
information, visit www.kalloinc.ca
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